tUE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 2, 1903.
SHOPKEEPERS PROVIDE COSTUMES FOR SUMMER GIRL
Many Novelties Introduced for Wear on Camping Trips to Beach or Mountains.
SUITCASE SALE
BIG REDUCTIONS
$9.75 Cowhide Suitcase, strong
lock, bolts and straps; heavy
leather handle, now $6.98
$4.50 pegmoid waterproof Suit
case, 26-inch, with shirt fold, all
linen lined and leather corners.
Now ?2.9S
$9.00 Cowhide Suitcase, 24-inch,
riveted frame, safety lock, good
bolts. Now $5.9S
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HI3 is the season of the year
I when the out-of-door girl la in the
height of her glory. High up in
the beautiful forests of Oregon, where
camp has been made in the heart of the
woods beside some fern-banked, bubbling
spring, she is out in her tramping boots
and short skirts, hunting and fishing and
drinking her fill of out-of-door Joy. along
with the ruggedest of her brothers.
Down by the seaside, she breathes in the
rood, salt air and tramps for miles along
the beach with the free, athletic awing
that means health and vigor and youth
prolonged. Along the river you will find
bar, rowing, canoeing, or giving a hand
at the wheel of some nifty; swift-speeding
launch.
The out-of-door girl is regarded by the
Portland shopkeeper as a permanent In
stitution, and every season local mer
chants see to It that there are novelties
!n stock for her benefit With only an
hour's notice, the girl who is so fortu
nate as to receive an unexpected Invita
tion to Join a camping excursion, or other
outing, can completely and smartly out
fit herself, from crown to toe, by a hur
ried visit to any of the shops or outfit
ting houses that make a specialty of
outing costumes.
One of the attractive novelties In this
line now being displayed Is the "prin
cess" sweater, which is shown in picture
To. 1.- The knitted sweater, ever since
the elimination of the high choker which
made It an Impracticable garment for
women, has been a veritable blessing to
the feminine wardrobe. The high choker.
which of necessity fitted the neck tight
ly, was ruinous to the coiffure, since it
had to be slipped over the head In don
ning It. The Oat sweater, with its cav
ernous pockets, loose comfort, and but
tons down the front, solved the sweater
problem a couple of seasons ago, and
will probably remain the popular pattern
of sweater permanently, since It is the
most comfortable and most practicable.
Yet smart novelties are always entitled
to periodic bursts of favor, and Just now
the "princess" sweater is the pattern
most in demand. This sweater has no
opening save at the neck, but instead of
the high choker, it is cut V-shaped at
the neck, .sufficiently low to allow the
head to be passed through without disar
ranging the hair. It is so knitted that
It fits the form snugly, with a tight two
inch section about the waist-line, thus
conforming to the princess lines and ac
counting for its name.
The khaki suit for women is growing
more in popularity with every season.
according to the merchants who handle
it. One of the popular khaki outing cos
tumes Is shown in picture No. 2. The full
skirt is of the plaited type, and fits snug
ly about the hips, but flares wide at the
hem, to permit freedom of movement.
It is designed to be worn with bloomers.
and stops short a little way below the
knee, at the line of the high tops of the
strong, leather tramping boots. Tramp
ing "boots, by the way, are being shown
with several novelty features, among
them a novelty hook for the long laces,
the new hook being so curved that the
laces are firm, yet the hook lies flat
against the leather and turns downward,
so that it cannot tear the skirts, and
looks much neater than the old books.
The coat of khaki is cut almost on the
lines of the masculine garment, loose and
comfortable, and withai, very becoming
when worn -with shirt-waist and -smart
stock of white, or of dainty color.
For the motoring girl, too, there are
attractive novelties on display: Among
these is a new automobile coat, for Sum
mer. "While cut much on the lines of the
ordinary motoring coat, the new garment
comes in the lighter weight materials,
being effective as a protection against the
dust, yet cool and comfortable. The
rougher wash silks in the rich warm
colors, such as golden brown, are used
in the smarter novelty coats. One of
these light-weight motor coats is shown
In No. 3. Another novelty motor coat,
not here shown, follows the directolre
lines, flaring out broadly from a point
Just below the arms at the back, much
like an empire tea-gown.
The new midsummer sailor hat, popular
In town as well as out, but in any case
admirably adapted for the protection of
delicate complexions against the ardor
of Summer sunshine,, is the "Charlotte
Corday," shown In No. 4. With the com
ing of the "Merry Widow" sailor In the
early Spring, one might have imagined
that all the possibilities of the simple
sailor hat had been exhausted. For
many seasons the sailor hat has run the
gamut of all imaginable varieties of
crown and brim, but the present mode,
with its down-dropping, immense brim,
and its low crown, is something abso
lutely new. Incidentally, it is the best
shade hat, of the sailor variety, ever
contrived, and is almost universally becoming.
about the manicure. I did ask them
what they had for sale, and after hear
ing their lljt.of articles, I said: "Well, I
do not want any of them; that being un
derstood, what I came for is a manicure,
and if you even ask me to buy any of
these things, I will get up and leave and
not pay you for your work." I got my
manicure and a good one. But those
manicures in London! Oh, la, la!
Octave Mirbeau's new work, Just out,
bears the startling title of "La 628-E8."
which reflects the attitude of France to
the automobile, as this cryptic title is in
reality only the number of his machine.
The work is really charming and is a
series of Impressions gained as he motors
through Holland, Belgium, and down the
Rhine. The most interesting pages, how
ever, are not in the published edition, but
I had the pleasure of reading them before
I read the rest of the book. They picture
the deathbed of Balzac the greatest mas
ter of fiction in the brilliant roster of
French writers, and the suppression was
due to the fact that they were of too
personal a nature.
I made a wonderful automobile tour
through the environs of Paris as the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank King Clark.
Mr. Clark is weU known in the North
west, as he was formerly of Tacoma,' and
is a good example of what Americans
represent m Paris. He was employed
In a Tacoma bank, and when, to his dis
may, it failed, he decided to turn hU
splendid baritone voice into use. He be
came one of the most successful of sing
ers, but his genius for teaching soon
wiped out everything else and he is now
$12.75 genuine heavy sole leather Suitcase, 24-inch,
French edge, riveted throughout, hand-stitched
handle and inside shirt fold. Now $8.87
$10.00 heavy 24-inch Cowhide Suitcase, French
hand-sewed edges, well locked and bolted. $7.98
$4.85 extra-wide Pegmoid Suitcase, ' waterproof;
double handle, riveted corners, good locks and
bolts. Now $2.75
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the most serious rival that Jean de
Reszke possesses. Mr. Clark is the "real
thing." and no affectation about it. He
Is truly American in his honesty, his seri
ousness and his ability, and one of the
greatest prides of his class 1s Miss Mary
Adele Case, from Portland, Oregon, who
has accomplished really great things with
Mr. Clark. Recently Miss Case gave her
first Paris concert and met with tremen
dous success. Mr. Clark tells me that
he expects a great career for her, as slio
has a voice of unusual beauty, and she
knows how to work.
EMIUK FRANCES BAI'KR.
PARIS CELEBRATION OF FOURTEENTH OF JULY
REMINDS AMERICAN OF THE FOURTH AT HOME
EmiUe Frances Bauer Writes Gossipy Letter From Gay French Capital People's Pride in Art Galleries How
Correspondent Circumvented Manicurist.
PARIS, July 14. (Special Correspond
ence.) I waa guilty of making the
rather unpatriotic remark that I
never spent such a quiet and enjoyable
Fourth of July in my life as I have a
special horror of firecrackers and the rest
of the noise that goes wiin the celebra
tion. But at that moment I never
thought about the 14th of the same
month the day upon which the French
nation celebrates the fall of the BastUe.
I shall not attempt to go into French
history, but will only say that for noise,
rejoicing and celebrating our country
lias hardly surpassed what Is going on at
the present time. Celebrations began on
. Sunday, but did not reach their height
until today. The streets are simply
turned over to the people, and they nile.
Wherever there Is music there is danc
ing, and many streets are blocked com
pletely by caroussels, dancing couples and
other Coney Island attractions.
The question naturally presents itself.
Who are these people? To what class do
they belong? It U almost needless for
me to say. not to the upper classes, of
course. The upper class is the same in
every country, and it is not from them
that we learn the customs of a country
and its idiosyncrasies, but from the lower
middle classes and from the people of the
suburbs, all of whom in this country are
specially Individual. For Instance, yes
terday at the Louvre, the visitors were
almost exclusively Americans and peas
ants who had made this part of their cel
ebration. Their costumes? Exactly the
same as we have read about all our lives
their dress was as far from anything
modern as were their bent and twisted
figures. The strange lack of any young
girls even passably good-looking, makes
one feel that they have a mart for beauty
far from the quiet of the fields and the
forests. .
The galleries of the Louvre, the Lux
embourg and many others less well
known in our country are the pride of
the rank and file the baker the laun
dresses, every one in these vocations
they are all Interested to know whether
you have visited these places, and what
you think of them. They evince more
pride in these museums than in anything
of their own. and they form their opin
ions about you from what you have to
ay about these especial haunts.
There Is no comparison, as far as in
telligence is concerned, with the same
classes in America, yet these people show
that they are born In an atmosphere of
art and of history. They have learned
their lessons, not from books, nor In
schools, but from these wonderful gal
leries, free to the people, and from the
still more wonderful streets of Paris, the
beauty of which cannot be described.
The statuary to be met at almost every
turning offers not only something for the
aesthetlo sense, but French history is
written In wonderful marbles all over the
city. The faces of Balzac Victor Hugo.
Alfred de Mussat but why enumerate
these, and all the faces in French history
x familiar to all who walk the streets
of Paris. So it Is in art, as In literature;
the streets bear the names of the great
painters, poets, soulptors and musicians
of France, and at the head of the street
is a little park in which is a superb sta
tue by the most noted artist of the coun
try, Kor can we overlook the beauty of a
statue of George Washington, and one of
Benjamin Franklin which stand to our
honor in streets bearing their names, and
doubtless there are others which as yet
I have not come upon. These are the
beauties of Paris, as no one will claim
any especial beauty in modern architec
ture, although they are beginning to
awaken to what comforts may be built
into the home of today in Paris, comforts
which America has enjoyed for over a
half century, no doubt.
"
The examinations are going on at this
time of the year and I have been invited
to attend those of the Paris Conserva
toire. Remarkable showings are made
there, too, but how healthy they may be
Is another matter and one which Is a
question of many sides. I will simply
deal with the classes in piano and state
that each branch and each Instrument is
treated in the same way.
There were 32 competitors in the wo
men's class and IS in the class of men.
The women, some as young as 12, and
not older than 21. all played the first
movement of Saint Saens G-minor con
certo, and the men. the youngest 14. the
oldest 23. all played the fourth ballade of
Chopin. The hearing occurred In the
Opera ComiquB before the capacity of
that house, and a Jury consisting of the
greatest pianists of France. Among
these were Harold Bauer and Raoul
Pryno.
The showing was remarkable, it must
be admitted, but the principle must be
dangerous, as it narrows the students
down to an entire devotion of preparation
for that final and portentous moment. Not
only is everything in musical education
sacrificed for this moment.' but also all
education suffers, and even the health
is spent for this one event to fail in
which means in reality nothing at all, but
in the mind of the French student, the
first prize is the only thing that counts
and about the only thing there is In the
study of music.
The public examination Is held as the
real thing, and not the years of study.
The first day's gathering gave me the
opportunity to witness a typical
French fire panic, which Is probably
not like anything else "In the world
It is perfectly true that such complete
loss of head and such excitability are
not to be duplicated. I was in a box
and therefore not open to the danger
of being crushed, and I felt perfectly
certain that there was no fire. First,
two or three went out hurriedly, and
the others who watched them won
dered why they left and followed five
or six at a time: then the rows of
seats began to disperse, finally at a
scream of "du fen, du fen," they low
ered the iron curtain and men and
women in the audience began Jumping
over the seats striking and kicking
those in the aisles of the seats. It was
a terrible thing to witness and was
Just severe enough to prove that had
there been the least danger hundreds
would have been killed. I, with Mrs.
Harold Bauer and a lady from XeT
York, were about the only quiet ones
in the house outside of the Jury, who
were vainly trying to restore order. It
was said afterward that a fuse from
the electric lights burned out. Perhaps,
but it was more likely a fuse in some
disordered Imagination.
The boon of all Americans abroad is
the American Express Company, which
Is the most hospitable and the most
gracious institution In Paris. To say
nothing of the mall distribution, the
reading and writing-rooms are perfect
ly unique, and at this time, nearly all
of the 60 or TS writing-desks are in use
all of the time. Funny scenes are en
acted here, and people meet from all
parts of the globe. It is Interesting to
watch the types and then see them go
for the flies of papers which have just
come in. Everybody reads the New
York papers, so you cannot tell much
about that, but watch those from Mas
sachusetts, California, Kansas, Mis
souri, and Ohio. There is no mistaking
any of them.
It must be admitted that those who
do not speak French have a very hard
time of it, and they must make up
their minds to spend exactly double
what those do who can get their bear
ings. "I will never come again with
out knowing the language," is the gen
eral verdict of those who cannot strug
gle with the "cabbies" and with the
policemen on the corners. I met a
friend at the American Express who
Is one of the well-known divines of
New York, but who does not carry his
ministerial air away from the pulpit.
He was having a fearful struggle try
ing to get his dinner settled that lSj
financially. A kind Frenchman who
understood a little English helped him
out of his difficulties, and offered him
much information as to what he should
see In Paris. Judging from the list it
was evident he did not take him for a
minister, and I offered my services as
guide, to see such things as were
strictly within decorum.
Was it not dear old Tom Hood who
said, "Never go to France unless you
know the lingo? If you do, like me,
you will repent, by Jingo?"
Only learn to shrug your shoulders
and throw back your head, shut one
eye and say knowingly: "Oh, la, la, la!"
at every price that is quoted, and you
can bring theee people down to the
earth. I feel that I have at least mas
tered the situation after the experi
ence with the hairdresser which I gave
you last week.
Well, I wanted a manicure this time,
and this Is what happened. I went in
where it ' stated that a manicure was
three francs, but I did not ask them
Extracts From Eilers Piano Club BookletThis Invitation Is to Join a Club in Wholesale Buying
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Space will admit of mentioning only
a few of the hundreds of testimonials
we have received from owners of the
Eilers Piano Satisfied Customers our
best advertisement.
" Baker City, Or., June S, 190S.
"The Eilers Piano I purchased from you about
lx months ago proved to be in every respect as
it was represented to me. I am very much pleased
with it." JOHN ROHNER,
Oregon City. Or., June 4. 1908.
"Will say that the Eilers Piano has given very
good satisfaction, and we have taken a great deal
of enjoyment out of it."
or enjoyu. MAY ETHEL THOMPSON.
Roseburg, Or., June 6. 190S.
"We are highly pleased with the Eilers Piano
which we purchased from you. Do not think we
could have gotten a better piano anywhere."
MRS. D. N. GILMORE.
Vancouver. Wash., May S, 1908.
"We are very well pleased with our piano, hav
ing found it to give satisfaction in . every way.
Have never regretted buying an Eilers."
MRS. E. W. OPDYKE.
Boise, Idaho. June 3. 1908.
"Your letter received this morning, asking me
how I like my new piano. In reply I will say
there Is none better. Prior to having this ne, I
had one of ( ) make, also a
( ), and though they are
both noted for their excellence, I cannot say I
like them better than 'Eilers' own make. I
shall always keep the one I have and encourage
friends to Invest in the same kind of instru
ment. I can praise your piano in the highest
degree' FLORENCE A. WILSON.
Pocatello. Idaho. June B, 1908.
"We are greatly pleased with our Eilers Piano,
and can safely recommend your piano to our
friends to be all you say they are." -
J. C. & M. GROSS.
Portland, Or., June 2. 1908.
"I would like to take this opportunity to tell
rou how pleased we are with our Eilers Piano,
have had it over a year, and have compared
it to pianos that cost very much more than mine
Sid. and for tone, easy action and material used
and workmanship it compares most favorably.
On the whole, we are very well satisfied with
our 'Eilers' Piano."
MRS. J. 8. MALCHESTER.
Woodburn, Or.,' June 3. 1908.
"I am well pleased with the Eilers Piano it has
a fine tone." ED BUTTERFIELD.
Junction City, Or., June 3, 1908.
"I have been the possessor of an Eilers Cabinet
Grand Piano since March, 1908. and have found
It entirely satisfactory. I don't believe there !s
any make of piano that can compare with the
Eilers." MISS HATTIE I. COOK.
Portland, Or June 5, 1908.
"I believe the Instrument (Eilers Piano)) to
be first-class in all respects. It has a very fine
tone and an excellent touch."
MRS. E. AUBE.
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Red Bluff. Cal..vJune 3, 1908.
"As I have been the possessor of our new
Eilers Piano long enough to be a competent
fudge of its meritsT I now stand ready conscien
tiously to recommend the Eilers Piano to any
Dne wishing to purchase a piano. The piano is
all that you claim for it, and more, too. I would
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saw, and the tone is perfect."
MRS. W. B. HUGHSON.
Boise. Idaho, June 3, 1908.
"In reply to yours of the 1st inst.. I will Just
Fay that mv Eilers Upright Piano, which I pur
chased a 'snort time ago. has given good satis
faction and I am well pleased with the Instru
ment in every respect, and feel that I can
readily recommend the Eilers Upright as being
one of the first-class pianos on the market, and
my opinion Is that anyone wishing to purcnase a
first-class piano could do no better than to choose
one of the Eilers Uprights.'
MRS. SENORA A.
JOPLIN.
Walla Walla, Wash., June 4. 1908.
' "I am well satisfied with my new Eilers Piano."
GEO. RATCLIFFE.
Cottage Grove. Or., June 2. 1908.
"The Eilers Piano purchased from you is a
perfect instrument in every respect. The tuntr
whom I had examine it. also says it is a first
class Instrument in every respect. The tone is
as sweet as it was when I received it. and the
case is beautiful. I have had compliments from
all over the neighborhood."
MISS ELVA LOWERY.
Corvallis. Or.. June 4, 1908.
"1 am well pleased with my piano."
GOLDIE DARBY.
Portland. Or., June 1, 1908.
"As I am the possessor of one of your new
Eilers Pianos, I wish to say I am more than,
pleased with same, and class it with any high
grade piano. I find the tone soft and sweet, and
am more than satisfied with it."
MRS. E. G. WOODFIELD,
780 Thurman St.
Progressive Methods
Are the foundations upon which are buildod the
wcessful business of yesterday, toduy and to
morrow. Throuprh such methods we are enabled to offer
the public extraordinary opportunities to secure
pianos the greatest undoubtedly is The Ellen
Piano Club.
We Figured Out a Few Things
in Piano Selling
And developed the proposition.
The basis being good results must .be good.
We believed pianos could be handled In great
numbers and In an entirely artistic manner and
still be sold on a common-sense business br.wlfl,
the same A other articles, and we have proven
they can.
Through our system of forty well-organized
stores located at prominent points on the Pacific
Coast and the Northwest, and our immense large
warerooms at Portland, we are in a position to
furnish an Instrument for your home at the small
est possible cost and on easy terms of payment if
desired.
Personally Conducted Tours
Did you ever take a trip with one? You have
the best of everything for the least money out
lay; the best reoms In the hotels, civility on trains,
people to answer questions pleasantly and Intelli
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you is nearly a half less than you could make the
trip alone.
They are special -trains fine trains, too. and
every provision for the traveler's comfort and the
cost Is less than plain lonesome ticket and Pull
man tolls. Why?
Concentration Club System the
Eilers Piano Club to a Dot
We know the cost to make the New Pcale $425
Eilers Piano in lots of live hundred, and the re
duced cost to sell them under our Club plan, a
small profit is added and the whole amount divided
by BOO the number in a club.
The Result $292 for Our New Scale $425 Eilers
Piano to Club Members one Unalterable Price.
The same price to a little girl spending her cash
birthday gift as to the hardest bargain-driver in
the city.
Having but one price whlrh is absolutely un
changeable, it must be a fair one. else no con
siderable number would buy from us.
That Eilers Piano House prices and values ar
attractive Is attested by the fnr-t that we've now
a business larger than most houses enjov one of
the three big businesses of the United States; and
we never offered an unworthy piano, or riskv
piano, not even for the effect that a low price
might have. Present effect Is one thing reaction
effect is another, and we want none of the re
action that would come from selling poor pianos
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